Originally Posted by
JimEli
I think a pulmonary embolism would ground you:
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has been linked to blood clotting in older individuals, according to the FDA. FDA researchers looked at data covering 17.4 million elderly Americans who received a total of 34.6 million vaccine doses between Dec. 10, 2020, and Jan. 16, 2022, and found that pulmonary embolism met the initial threshold for a statistical signal. The study was published in the journal
Vaccine on Dec. 1.
The FDA isn’t taking any action on the results.
I think myocarditis would ground you:
The
FDA added a warning about the risk of myocarditis and pericarditis to fact sheets for Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 back in 2021. The warning notes that reports of adverse events following vaccination – particularly after the second dose – suggest increased risks of both types of heart inflammation.
4 events in 17 million vaccinees and 34 million vaccinations Jim.
You read the proviso on those 4 events too, right?
They FDA did not take action because the researchers concluded the benefits of vaccination outweighed the risks in the studied population, over 65s
It is ‘t saying what you would like it to.